Adjustable spring curtain rod



March 3, 19%. c. w. GOULD '2,032,842

ADJUSTABLE SPRING CURTAIN ROD Filed OCC. 23, 1935 0 A? w 17 I? m 5/ f'wenzol? Cries WGouZd Patented Mar. s, 193s 2,032,842

UNITED STATE FATENT FF1E ADJUSTABLE SPRING CURTAIN ROD Charles W. Gould, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application October 23, 1935, Serial No. 46,243

Claims. (01. 156-19) My invention relates to a new and useful ad- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the adjustable justable spring curtain rod, and has particular stop, and reference to rods used for hanging different kinds Fig. '7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional of draperies at windows, doors and the like. view of the adjusting end member and the con- 5 7 One of the objects of the invention is to protiguous end of the center section to illustrate -5 Vide unique means for making spring operated the manner of removably connecting an attachrods adjustable to various lengths so that they ing member, here shown as a vacuum cup. may be mounted in different width window and In carrying out my invention as herein emdoor frames. bodied It represents a tubular center section 10 I Another object of the invention is to construct having a row of longitudinally spaced holes ll 10 t a curtain rod of a number of telescoping sec adjacent one end and a pair of oppositely positions at least one of which is urged outwardly tioned longitudinal slots l2 adjacent the other by a spring and another is limited to any one end. The end of the center section, near which of a plurality of predetermined positions. the holes H are located, is internally threaded Another object of the invention is to provide as at is to receive the score threaded shank'l4 15 a curtain rod of this class with an adjustable of the attaching member 55 which engages a stop which will limit the inward sliding action face of a Window or door frame or other sup! of one section relative to another section beyond port and said attaching member is here shown changeable predetermined positions so that in as a vacuum cup. Preferably the threaded end nogeffect the rod is maintained in any adjustment. of said center member is reduced in size as A further object of this invention is to produce plainly shown in Fig. 7. an adjustable stop of unique construction for The spring actuated end section I6 telescopes use with a telescoping sectional curtain rod. on the slotted portion of the center section so A still further object of the present invention as to slide longitudinally and has a rivet l1 fixed is the provision of an adjustable spring curtain in the walls of said spring actuated end section rod comprising a center section, a permanently i6 projecting across its interior and through the attached captive p ng pressed end section slots in the center section. This rivet permaslidably mounted on one end of the center seC- nently or captively connects the spring actution, another end section telescopically mountated end section to the center section and preed on the opposite end of said center section to vents them from rotating or being separated 30 limit-the inward sliding movement of said other while allowing for a limited longitudinal telesend section relative to the center section. coping or sliding movement. A spring I3 is po- With the above and other objects in view, this sitioned within said spring actuated end secinvention consists of the details of construction tion between the outer end thereof and the adhereinafter Set forth and then p c fi a y deS- jacent end of the center section so as to normal- 5 a ignated by the claims. 1y urge said spring actuated end section out- In order that those skilled in the art to which ward, The inner end of the section It may have this invention appertains may understand how a ferrule l9 thereon. to make and use the same I will describe its con- The outer end of said spring actuated end sec- 4.0 rue i n in a referring y n m ls to the tion I6 is internally threaded to receive the cc mp ny n drawing forming a p r of h threaded shank is of an attaching member I5 application, in which; the same as previously described, and said outi -11 n elevation of the mp1 ro er end of said spring actuated end section is Fig. 2 is a slight y enlarged longitudinal secpreferably reduced in diameter as shown so that 2.3 .tional view thereof. the attaching members will be interchangeable.

3 s a further enlarged f m ntary lon- An adjusting end section 28 is telescopically gitudinal sectional view to illustrate the adjustmounted on the perforated portion of the center a l st p which s shown in its unlocked or p section it for longitudinal adjustment and is free position and Without the adjusting end section. to be removed from said center section. The 4 is a Similar View ShOWing the op in its outer end of said adjusting end section 20 is inclO ed locked position and With he adjusting ternally threaded to receive the threaded shank end section in place. of an attaching member is and said outer end Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View, partly in elevais preferably reduced in diameter so as to be the tion and partly in section and at right angles same size as the reduced ends of the center and 5 to Figs. 3 and 4. spring actuated end sections.

In order to limit the inward movement of the adjusting end section 20 and thereby provide for regulating the length of the curtain rod, an adjustable stop 2| is mounted on the'center section ID to be engaged by the inner end of said section 20. This stop includes a cylinder 22 provided with a resilient catch 23, the nose of which is adapted to be projected into any one of the holes ll. Preferably the catch is produced from a portion of the cylinder by partially cutting out a suitable area and then fashioning the same so that it normally lies outside of the outer circumference of balance of the cylinder and has an inwardly projecting nose on the free end.

The catch is forced inward to cause the nose to enter a hole I l by a sleeve 24 which slides over the cylinder and because of the fairly snug fitting arrangement the catch will be substantially fully depressed. Assuming that the assembled rod as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is for use in a thirty inch window frame then the actual length over all should be more than thirty inches, for example it should be thirty-one or thirty-two inches in length from the tip of one attaching member to the tip of the other attaching member. By grasping the two end sections and forcing them toward each other, the spring actuated end section will be slid over the center section against the action of the spring until the length of the rod is temporarily less than thirty inches. The rod may then be placed in the window frame and released at which time the spring will urge the rod sections apart so that said rod will be firmly supported in the window frame.

If it is desired that the rod be used in a wider window frame, then the adjusting end section 20.

is moved outward and the sleeve 24 is withdrawn from the cylinder which will release the catch and permit it to spring outward as illustrated in Fig. 3. With the adjustable stop in this open or unlocked condition the parts may be moved along the center rod section until the nose of the catch will register with another of the holes I I after which the sleeve is replaced on the cylinder so as to depress the catch and cause its nose to enter said other hole thereby closing or looking the stop as shown in Fig. 4. The adjusting end section is now moved inward until its inner end engages the stop at which time the rod is ready for use in the wider window frame.

Should it be desirable to use the rod in a window frame which is narrower than the shortest length of the completely assembled rod, the adjusting end section may be discarded and the attaching member removed therefrom and connected to the threaded end of the' center section.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:-

1. An adjustable spring curtain rod comprising a center section, end sections telescopically mounted on the ends of said center section, -a spring to urge one of said end sections outward, and means adjustably mounted on the center section to be engaged by the other end section to limit the inward movement of said other end section a predetermined distance.

2. An adjustable spring curtain rod comprising a tubular center section having opposed longitudinal slots adjacent one end thereof, an end section telescoping over said slotted portion of the center section, means fixed to said end section and projecting through the slots in the center section to limit longitudinal movement of said end section relative to the center section, a spring to urge said end section outward, another end section telescoping over the other portion of the center section, and means adjustably mounted on the center section to be engaged by said other end section to maintain the latter in any selected predetermined position.

3. The structure in claim 2 wherein the outer ends of both end sections and one end of the center section are all internally threaded alike, in combination with attaching members having screw threaded shanks for interchangeable connection with the threaded ends of the several sections.

4. In a device of the kind described, a center rod section having. a row of longitudinally spaced holes adjacent one end, an adjusting end section slidably mounted on the perforated portion of said center section and free to move back and forth, an adjustable stop slidably mounted on the center section and provided with means to register with any one of the holes for selectively positioning said stop which is to be engaged by the inner end of the adjusting end section to limit the inward movement of the latter beyond a selected predetermined location, and a spring actuated end section on the opposite end of said center section.

5. A rod of the class described comprising a center section having opposed longitudinal slots adjacent one end and a row of longitudinally spaced holes adjacent the other end and said other end being reduced in diameter and internally threaded, a stop including a cylindrical body slidably mounted on said center section, a resilient catch carried by said body and having a nose for registration with any one of said holes and a sleeve telescoping over the body to depress the catch for projecting the nose of said catch into a hole and thereby holding the stop in any preselected position, an adjusting end section slidably mounted on the perforated portion of the center section and engaging the stop to determine the adjustment of said adjusting end section, the outer end of said adjusting end section being reduced in diameter and internally,

threaded the same as the similar end of the center section, another end section slidably mounted on the slotted end of the center section and having its outer end reduced in diameter and internally threaded the same as the outer end of the adjusting end section, a rivet mounted in the walls of the said other end section and projecting through both of the slots in the center section to limit the sliding movements of said other end section and said center section relative to each other, a spring within said other end section and engaging a portion thereof and the adjacent end of the center section to urge said other end section outward, vacuum cups, and threaded shanks on said cups for interchangeable connection With the internally threaded reduced ends of the several sections.

CHARLES W. GOULD. 

